On December 27, Beijing time, the Thunder sat at home to welcome the challenge of the Timberwolves!
After narrowly losing the last game by the Lakers, the Thunder finally ushered in a big break of form today.
On the Timberwolves' side, the last game beat the Kings, and the team's interior strength was once again proven.
However, in today's game, the Timberwolves' twin towers were limited to death by the Thunder!
At the beginning of the game, Dort's three-point shot on the Thunder's side missed, and the Timberwolves' McDaniels also missed, and neither team scored in the first minute of the game.
In the 11th minute of the game, Alexander hit a pull-up jump shot to help the team open up the situation.
Subsequently, Towns on the Timberwolves' side also broke through and hit a layup, 2-2, and the two sides officially kicked off the battle.
In the next game, the two teams started a big offensive battle, and neither let the other team pull the score away.
At the 5th minute and 18 seconds of the game, Towns hit a hook shot, and the two sides were tied at 17-18, and the Thunder took the lead.
After that, the two teams continued to stalemate, and in the final moments of the first quarter, Edwards hit a long-range three-pointer to help the Timberwolves end the first quarter of the game 35-40!
In the second quarter of the game, the two teams were still inseparable
However, the Thunder always have the initiative on the court.
In the 3rd minute and 38 seconds of the game, Dort hit a long-range three-pointer, instantly stretching the difference to 10 points
After that, the Timberwolves played a wave of 7-0 offensive climax, and the difference between the two teams came to 4 points
However, Alexander broke through in the final moments of the second quarter of the game, and the Thunder finally ended the battle of the second quarter 66-60!
In the third quarter of the game, the battle between the two sides still did not completely distinguish the winner and loser-
The Timberwolves scored 31 points in a single quarter, and the Thunder scored 36 points in a single quarter.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Williams hit a long-range three-pointer to give his team a 14-point lead
After that, he hit another three-pointer to extend the lead, and the Timberwolves couldn't parry it at all.
Halfway through the game, the Timberwolves had taken a 21-point lead at 117-96.
Seeing that there was no hope of victory, the Timberwolves eventually gave up the game.
The Thunder eventually won 129-106 against the Timberwolves!
In terms of statistics, the overall performance of the Timberwolves is not particularly ideal
Edwards finished with 25 points, seven rebounds and six assists on 7-of-16 shooting
Towns had 16 points and six rebounds, and Gobert had 10 points and five rebounds
Conley scored 17 points, and apart from those four, no player from the team scored in double figures
Judging by the players' performances, the Timberwolves played really badly today.
And the reason for the team's situation is actually that the interior line is being handled by the Thunder team.
The Timberwolves' rebounding stats are indeed much better than the Thunder's.
But when it comes to interior scoring stats, the Timberwolves scored just 44 points, while the Thunder scored 58.
The huge gap shows that the Timberwolves have a big hole in their interior defense.
and there was a big problem with their interior offense, so they were pinched by the Thunder.
On the Thunder side, the team's overall performance is very good
Alexander threw down 34 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals and 1 block
Dort chipped in 20 points, four rebounds, one steal and two blocks, and Williams chipped in 21 points.
Holmgren finished with 20 points, four rebounds and five assists on 8-of-13 shooting, while Keady also scored 10 points
The starting five all scored in double figures and played pretty well on both ends of the floor.
It is worth mentioning that the Thunder only had 10 turnovers in this game, which is only half that of the Timberwolves.
No wonder the team was able to defeat the Timberwolves, who are the No. 1 team in the West, so easily!
Fans and friends, do you think the Thunder can stand on the top of the West this season?Welcome to discuss!